The starters played well. Tannehill took the opening kickoff and drove the team down the field on an 8 minute drive that ended with a Touchdown and not a FG. He completed a deep square in route to Jennings which was a big gainer. He hit Sims on a couple of nice crossing routes. He hit Landry on a couple and avoided taking any big hits despite even running it once to avoid the only pressure he saw. Lamar Miller broke one for a big gainer and the line looked pretty good.

We’ve waited a long time and relied on a lot of reporters eyes to give us an idea of how the offensive line looked in particular the Guard position. I thought they fired off the ball well in the run game, it’s clearly a Zone blocking unit as they head in unison in a direction just trying to make a cut back lane open up for Miller. Fox started at LT with Dallas Thomas next to him at LG, Pouncey at C, with Billy Turner at RG and Ju’wan James playing RT. Turner did well for himself and even played into the 3rd quarter at the RG spot. Based on the series we saw last night this O-line might be alright and allow Tannehill time to survey his many options and put together a strong running game to run the clock.

The Defense on it’s first appearance shut down Chicago in an ugly 3 and out. Not ugly for us Dolphans as we finally got to see Suh in a Dolphin uniform playing. Chicago rushed for zero yards while the Chief was in the game. Once he left forget it, Chicago ran it pretty well on our Defense once the starters were out.Sheppard, Jenkins and McCain were indeed the starting Linebackers, Sheppard getting the nod while Misi is out. In the secondary, Aikens started in place of Delmas along side Jones at Safety while Taylor filled the other Corner spot opposite Grimes.

Those first couple of series are all there really are to talk about. Matt Moore was unimpressive when he took over the offense, failing to score on any of his drives. McCleod Bethel Thompson actually started off looking pretty good. He completed a few intermediate passes and then hit Laron Byrd on a deep ball that set up what would be the teams final score of the night. But in the second half it got very ugly for MBT. Gillissle started the mess with a beautiful long run he brokebut he forgot to put the ball in the proper arm allowing a Bear defender to strip it negating a long gain and a chance to increase the lead. Having seen the Gillisslee turnover MBT wanted in on the fun and threw not one but 2 ugly pics including the last one which set up Chicago inside the Miami 10 yard line.

Caleb Sturgis made his extra point attempt and the lone field goal attempt he had in the first half and was to give way to Andrew Franks who would have the second half kicking duties. Well since the Dolphins failed to score in the second half Mr. Franks made the 3rd qtr opening kick off, and unknown to him at the time, was done for the night.

Jordan Tripp was helped off the field and into the locker room in the first half and wasn’t seen again until he re-appeared on the sideline with his right leg in a boot and walking on crutches. This is a big unfortunate setback for Tripp as he was climbing into a larger role on the Defense. Tripp missed time last season due to a chest injury.

Without hearing anything reported about the Chris McCain injury it would look as if he will be fine. We saw him roll his ankle stepping on a team mate but he walked off the field without a limp and later appeared fine.

The turnovers were a big problem last night so its hard to say that this team’s depth totally sucks. I didn’t find that to be the case. The QB’s once Tannehill left the field were rough, but there were some good individual efforts. Particularly from Zach Vigil an undrafted Free Agent who capitalized on his opportunities once Tripp left the game. Our rookie 2nd round pick Jordan Phillips showed that he will be a tough and athletic big man in the front.

Don’t let yourself get too high or too low from this meaningless game, there was good early until the ugly turnovers changed the entire complexion of the game. If the Chicago QB’s were throwing ugly pics we would have won going away and not them.

Yes Josh Freeman, worried he was running out of time to throw his pick, did manage to find a Bear defender as time was running out to seal the loss for the Fins. From a guy who was a first round draft pick and who looked like a Franchise QB at the start Freeman’s plummet is baffling. He looked tentative and unsure out there as the 4th QB of the night although there were a few throws that he made and you said hmmm that was pretty good.

With as good as the First unit looked, including the O-line, there is nothing that happened last night that has me discouraged. I think it’s good to lose preseason games. I have found that the teams who win in the preseason don’t usually win in the season; see the 2007 4-0 preseason Dolphins.

Penalty box: Anthony Johnson trying to do his best Suh impersonation jumped off sides 3 times while good ‘ol Bobby McCain has 3, count them 3 holding penalties. Gotta clean that up boys.

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Nice work Son. Trying not to forget that this is a preseason game, but I hate losing no matter what the stakes. The second half was very sloppy, but I am encouraged by the first unit on both sides of the ball. B McCain certainly looked like a rookie in the secondary, and Bowman looked lost out there at times, losing his receiver on simple routes on more than one occasion. I was hoping to see a better pass rush from the 2nd unit; I thought they got stood up at the line of scrimmage consistently.

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uwantwat says:
August 14, 2015 at 8:28 am
Morning peeps! Uk & Howie injuries are always a concern but I think we are in a much better place than last year’s team.Hell we were signing street agents in the end and that as much as anything contributed heavily to us not making the playoffs.

Good job on the recap Sonny. Didn’t see one snap of this game, just listened a bit on NFL radio on my drive home when Bethel-Thompson hit Byrd for the 35 yard gain. I think we were down 10-7 at that point. Seems like I didn’t miss anything except the opening drive.

I’d rather have us play exactly as we did, than reverse the rolls and have our backups be the stars of the game. We dominated when it mattered, with the 1s in the game. Sure I was disappointed with LaMichael James, and the backup Dline (how much are these guys really going to play?), but when your starting O goes 85 yrds and scores on it’s one possession, then your starting D goes 3 and out… What more can you ask for?

I actually thought the first unit OL (without Albert) looked really good
Tanny wasn’t really under pressure and Miller was getting 10 yards a carry

I heard people on twitter bitching about the 3rd string OL
WTF are you talking about – we only keep 10 OL on the roster
I guess if people want to get nervous about the talent on the practice squad be my guest…

we may have been a bit misled about the OL so far in TC
OT it may be the Suh factor

This is CLASSIC My divorce hearing is at 9am and my wife went to the wrong courthouse. We were supposed to check in at 830 and she is an hour away. Hopefully this the last time I have to deal with her shit. I hope she makes it here before they get through all the other cases.

And speaking of Suh
that first few mins of defense that we got to see looked great
for whatever reason I was watchign them really confidently after the first play feeling like the Bears didn;t have a shot against them

There wasn;t much breathing room for the RBs when Suh was in the lineup
It looked like they easily shut down the run

Cam Wake’s sack didn;t stand
bc on 3rd down there were offsetting penalties
but ont hat play the ends, just crashed the pocket while the DTs stood there ground
it looked pretty awesome, like Cutler did not have a chance ont he play
maybe a more mobile QB like RG3 will be able to make something out of that – but it looked over for the Bears on that play almost immediatly after the snap
I expect to see a lot of that this year
Suh made an immediate dominant difference

More than the fans, I was a little surprised to see how important the game seemed to the Bears

They took Cutler out after 2 series, but then left Clausen in until the 4th qtr
He threw 27 passes last night, which is a little crazy from a #2
I guess the Bears aren;t really even going to look at their #3 and #4 qbs

but even more than playing Clausen
our 3rd Qb threw some horrible ints
and the Bears were 10-9
they could not convert on 3rd and short, so they went for it on 4th down and that was their first TD
I’m not sure how that translates into the reg season for them
They should be really disappointed that a PS squad QB turned the ball over giving them great field position and their backup QB could not score against srcubs
it was a pretty pathetic performance for the Bears offense when you really break it down

Win or lose didn’t matter last night. What mattered was the ones. One of he best sound bites I have heard in a long time was Jared Allen being interviewed by NFL radio this morning and he talked about being handed a piece of humble pie last night. That was damn good to hear.

Starters looked good. Tannehill was sharp & in control, but what was he thinking on that side arm sling attempt on the botched screen? He has to make a better decision there. Back ups were mostly horrible, but a few looked like they might be worth something ( Phillips, Vigil, Hamilton, maybe one or two others). Anthony Johnson should be looking for a job today. He’s a fucking DT. LOOK AT THE BALL JACKASS! … Overall, it’s the first pre season game . Nothing to get too high or low about, but I am slightly concerned with the depth right now. We could be a couple of injuries away from 7-9. It was good to see Bazooka Joe looking exasperated and disgusted at the struggles of his back ups. Much better than the detached, clueless looks that I have become accustomed to…lol

It is very hard to fully evaluate what the final result of this game. Most of the guys who played and were responsible for this loss will not be on the roster. Just about anything that happened after half time is truly meaningless.

That’s the thing. The coaches will watch the tape and see which guys did what they were taught and sort them out of the mix. I did notice Vigil was always around the ball. Stuff like that they have to find.

well no it isnt. how do you evaluate something that has no meaning……basically you dont. even if tanny looked horrible the first series who cares. it is the first action in a 8 months. there is nothing to evaluate.

Suh made an immediate dominant difference
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FIRST PLAY for bears the guy responsible jumped offsides–i guess he got nervious
next play- suh lines up facing center they try to run to side of suh and wake 53 lbjenkins shoots gap untouched for 2 yard loss.
3rd play- suh lines up differentlty 1.5 yds off LOS angled inward towards center 2players OL coverhim 2 yds gain
4th play –suh lines up angled towards center- pass attempt 3 players chep suh incomplete or short of 1st down.
suh did shove a player without getting penalty I think thats when 1st unit was taken out

Poor Omar, stretch of games is a form of consistency. I had to turn the pile off after about 5 minutes in the third. MBT is awful and I just didn’t want to watch guys who aren’t going to make a difference honestly.

Mike .. Freeman wasn’t great, but he showed enough IMO to warrant a look with some representative talent around him. He was getting pressure almost immediately as the scrub o-line was being man handled by the Bears scrub d-line. He also had a couple of drops. Only Cobi Hamilton looked like an NFL receiver

Jetssuck,
On your analysis of Suh, keep in mind too that Suh & the Bears know each others tendencies having been divisional opponents the last 5 years. Wait till Suh gets a bite out of people that barely have never lined up against him or have only 1 or 2 times in their life.

yes u r correct divisional oppts they r not going to know much about him except from tape. He could be saving some pre snap alignments for those games. I don’t think I saw him line up in gap or real close to wake or michell or suh close to each other

I think the guard half assed chipped suh which is why brady got pushed to ground. Maybe they didn’t know he was that fast. Looks like suh took 3 large steps and brady only took 3 small backpendals. Looks like he is playing right DT in this play also. He is definitely going to be a disruptive force along the DL.

Rockphin—-here’s something u might want to check out I don’t want to seem like a holey roller. My family does go to church, me not so much lately. My wife co-supervises a single group of about 50 for our church and they have singles nights every night of week my wife supervises 1 night a week of the 5 nights . They have nightly competitive events like soccer, basketball, chess, bowling, volleyball and other sports against other churches single groups every night. At the end of the season they have a ceremony for top church teams and then they have a cruise for all the churches together. My wife is responsible for 12-or 13 marriages. It’s a great way of meeting singles instead of going to bars although after some events some always go to bars from both sides for evening caps and socializing. They have events on the weekends like visiting different events for weekends. The only thing I don’t like is to join you have to sit with the priest for a interview for 1 hour for a orientation. Our father Leo is real cool he smokes cigars and is known to drink at socializing events. No one deserves to go through life alone

you don’t have to be much of a church goer for these events. Some people r holley rollers but most are not. If I was single I’d be trying to increase my chances with events for singles.The setting is better than going to bars or worse yet not even trying to hook up with singles. You have a good personalty and deserve to have someone in your life. I understand it may be to early to start dating again so just keep open your options.

Rob, is that Piggy’s cousins you have leashed up?? Ummmm inappropriate to post on here don’t you think? I mean what you and Piggy’s consenting cousins do on your own time is one thing but do you have to try and embarrass Piggy’s family by posting the pics?

Besides, no offense to Piggy, I have never been with a pig and would rather be alone.

Don’t mean you couldn’t check out though. Maximize all opportunities, including getting a puppy.
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I am looking for a capital partner in my new start up business. Puppy rentals for single guys….For us guys who don’t want to deal with walking a dog or feeding a dog or being home for a dog but want to walk a cute puppy around in public to get every fucking girl you pass stop to talk to you. GENIUS business plan.

If I don’t start up the new business then I will not be getting a anus dragging on carpet dog……

J Walker tells you what really mattered last night……as if you didn’t already know.
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When it was starters vs. starters, the Dolphins looked …: Very good. Miami’s offense was on the field for just one drive but went 85 yards for a touchdown against Chicago’s first-team defense. Miami’s defense also forced a three-and-out with the Bears’ first-team offense and took some starters out after a few plays in the second drive.

Hamilton looked bad early, but then came on later, seemed he was the only WR on the field at one point. Part of the issue with our backup QB play were the WRs, I don’t remember seeing Matthews after the first drive, so it was Hazel and farther down. I think Hazel will be gone, unless he picks it up, he was bad.

Rockphin says:
August 15, 2015 at 8:27 am
Uhg, too much vodca yesterday.
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Mike E. says:
August 15, 2015 at 8:35 am
Need more sleep, less beer. Work is gonna be a tough one today.
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Come on guys, you know you’re not 40 anymore!

I thought MBT looked good enough to keep on the practice squad as the scout team QB and a worthy camp arm to give all the wideouts reps since we have like 27 of them right now. But he can’t be trusted yet to be Moore’s back-up if Tannehill is out for an extended period of time.
I think what they might be doing on the sneak is getting Freeman ready to be brought back in that case to serve as Moore’s backup and maybe even his replacement if Tannehill is really hurt and Moore badly struggles so that we stay headed into the playoffs. 🙂
They could cut Freeman with little risk of him getting picked up by another team, but this way he would be totally up to speed on the offense and in close to game shape without wasting a roster spot on a QB3.
If he starts to shine maybe at some point they move on from Moore’s bigger contract, especially next year when Suh’s crunches us while trying to keep OV etc.

We have a plan. Moore is the backup, and beyond that it really doesn’t matter. If we don’t think Freeman has the potential to replace Moore next year, and we like the potential of Bethel-Thompson, then keep MBT. No team is winning a SB with their 3rd QB.

I thought LaMike looked lost as a returner and slow and tentative as a RB. I say give Gills some meaningful minutes vs. the Panthers and ignore the fumble as a learning moment unless he makes it a trend. He has way more burst and make-em-miss than James. I say give Aultman real ops on kick returns and if he can do it we should cut James even if DeMar goes on the PS and Landry or Williams goes back to field kicks.

I strongly disagree with your dismissal of my comment Mike E.
There has to be some reasoning in the Front Office as to why they bothered to try to help Freeman resurrect his career, and it has to be more than the fact that Hickey was with him in Tampa and just “likes him.”
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I like to think that this type of planning for a more smooth future and having an elegant Plan C in place is how Tannenbaum is superior to the previous guy who frequently seemed to be caught off-guard.
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Freeman is no ordinary QB3. He is a former First Rounder and a former star in this league, but he is in almost no danger of getting poached off his sofa and at the same time would be grateful for us giving him this shot, and so he would maybe repay us by sitting at home and being ready to come back to us if that is the best deal he can get.
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How many teams have such a plan in place?

### Sun Life Financial’s naming rights deal with the Dolphins expires at the end of January, and the Dolphins tell us that Sun Life’s name is coming off the stadium in early February regardless of whether Miami has reached a deal with a new naming rights partner or not. The Dolphins, who are rebranding their facility as a new stadium, expect to have a new stadium name by next August.

Pear juice? Man I had no time to go out and get any pear juice. I was in a rush to get hammered after my divorce hearing. I was fully aware that I would have a hangover last night and again this morning. It was penance for being so stupid as to marry that woman

My apology. I didn’t think I dismissed your comment. I agree that Freeman was/is a possibility to be the #2 for the future, I said that. I just mean once your starting QB goes down, it’s usually the end of the SB run.

I got the Dolphins feed for the game the CBS 4 Home of the Dolphins feed which featured Stockton, Griese and Moore. The best part of the night was Moore trying to tell a story and his words just weren’t coming out right (read I had no idea wtf he was saying) and so he pauses himself and says “excuse me I’m tied tongue”. LOL what a mess no you weren’t Nat you were tongue-tied.

I got the Dolphins feed for the game the CBS 4 Home of the Dolphins feed which featured Stockton, Griese and Moore. The best part of the night was Moore trying to tell a story and his words just weren’t coming out right (read I had no idea wtf he was saying) and so he pauses himself and says “excuse me —-I’m tied tongue”. LOL what a mess no you weren’t Nat you were tongue-tied.
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gotta remember those guys are close to 70 if not more.

“He got a kick out of occasionally switching a Saban-called play in the defensive huddle, something his coach had begun to notice. Saban’s face contorted into rage when he heard Thomas yelling. He stopped practice and ran over to Thomas and told him to “shut the fuck up.” Thomas told Saban to “shut the fuck up” right back, then yelled, “I’m a grown-ass man!””
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And I didn’t even talk about the stripper.

I got the Dolphins feed for the game the CBS 4 Home of the Dolphins feed which featured Stockton, Griese and Moore. The best part of the night was Moore trying to tell a story and his words just weren’t coming out right (read I had no idea wtf he was saying) and so he pauses himself and says “excuse me I’m tied tongue”. LOL what a mess no you weren’t Nat you were tongue-tied.
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gtta remember those guys are close to 70 or maybe some are 70 and over.

I remember when Lamar Miller was a rookie he got stripped after a long run just like Gills did. Not that Gills is a rook, but hopefully gettin embarrassed like that sticks in a guy’s mind so bad they’ll never let that happen again (unless they are Leon Lett).

just sayin I am still a fan of Gillilslee based on burst and wiggle, which I think neither Damien or LaMike have shown. I’d keep Damien as he has shown good work catching passes and RAC yds.
He can return KOs also to take some hits off Landry.

i always liked him because he was good in special teams and he was a good backup for any of the LB positions when needed pus he wouldn’t embarrass himself when he played those positions. He came prepared for each game. I believe he was a late round pick. The way this team is built we are gonna need some late rounders and undrafted FA’s the next couple of years to help us with the salary cap

We picked him up after he got cut from the browns I think … he was a UDFA for the Jets who went to the browns in the Braylon Edwards trade … he played for Ohio Northern wherever the heck that is. Good steady player for us you are right but a tad slow.

naplesfan2010 says:
August 15, 2015 at 1:21 pm
I remember when Lamar Miller was a rookie he got stripped after a long run just like Gills did. Not that Gills is a rook, but hopefully gettin embarrassed like that sticks in a guy’s mind so bad they’ll never let that happen again (unless they are Leon Lett).
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I believe that was in the Halloween game against the Bengals on Thursday night in 2013 during his second season.

I liked to that we seemed to commit to the running game out of the gate. I hope we stick with that.

Miller averaged 13.5 rushes and 2.375 receps per game last year. I see no reason why he can’t get into that 17-18 rush range and a little bump in receiving as well. Nobody is asking for 25+ every week. But in some games he should get some 20+ when he’s really rolling.

Absolutely. There’s a growing faction among allergists that the reason so many kids have allergies is that we avoid exposing them to kids altogether. They did a study and kids in rural areas on farms, and third world countires have much less allergies than our kids here do.

Brian, I can’t wait until we have all hands on deck at WR. Throughout the season there will be times when we don’t, guys get banged up, but hopefully our depth will allow us to keep rolling every week.

Early on I think we’ll see a lot of Landry and Jennings and hopefully Stills soon. Matthews seems to have played his way into the rotation at least for now due to opportunity and he’s responded well. Then Parker will get more and more opportunities as he gets himself healthier. This could be a really good group.

The TE spot was interesting the other night, a lot of guys played. Sims and Cameron are clearly the top 2. Sims had 2 receptions in that first drive and he ran nice routes and just looked physical and legit.
Stoneburner it seemed to me got the third most work and a few throws came his way. Semich and Lynch as I recall didn’t have any catches and played only in the second half. Gerrell Robinson got some snaps too.

Yeah I’m not sure about TE yet, I haven’t seen enough. We only use one RB at a time so not sure why would need to load up on them. Miller is going to be the top dog for sure. He looked really good the other night coming off of his best season.

Bryd too, he’s the one that made that nice catch on a deep ball. The pass was good but a little overthrown but Byrd leaped for it and made a great catch. That’s something Wallace would have never done.

He showed up some the other night. He had some disruptive plays. Nothing spectacular but his size, strength and athleticism is apparent. He frees up LBs to make plays. In time hopefully he becomes more than that.

Listening to the home town announcers in preseason is annoying as fuck. Watching Cardinals vs Chiefs, with the Cardinals announcers doing the game. Last night it was the Broncos homers, Thursday it was bears.

The depth issues everyone is talking about can be put on 3 plays and 2 players and one positon. MBTs 2 turnovers and Gilleslee’s fumble, along with MBTs/Freeman’s QB play, and the fact that we didn’t have a WR on the field in the second half that was capable of getting open and catching a pass, until Hamilton figured it out late in the 4th.

Scoring in the preseason is really stupid, almost as stupid as the stats of a kick returner. What I’m getting at is your first team plays against their first team scores then shuts them down, your first teamers go out and theirs stay on the field, then score against your 2nd teamers…

As for stats of a kick returner, who thought it was a good idea to count the yards deep in the endzone as part of the return? So, for example, your kick returner on average fields the ball 6 yrds deep in the endzone and has a 26 yrd average per return. The stat is meaningless, I mean, I want to know the average yards returned on the playing field, not in the endzone, to determine, if he’s worth anything.

Murphy is a solid hitter but he’s not a good baseball player. I’m tired of him. His .275-280 is not that big of a deal. Time to move on. He belongs in the AL so he doesn’t have to play in the field all the time. He wrecked this game. He loses more games with his shitty play in the field and on the base paths then he wins games with his bat.